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Originally Posted by AV1611 Head II, Article 5 - The Universal Proclamation of the Gospel
The promise of the gospel is that whoever believes in Christ crucified shall not perish but have eternal life. This promise ought to be announced and proclaimed universally and without discrimination to all peoples and to all men to whom God in His good pleasure sends the gospel, together with the command to repent and believe. | Could you please explain why you think Gill could not? This whole issue seems to me to be saying that the gospel (my meaning is the whole scripture) is not to be preached to the forever-unconverted i.e. the reprobate. Hence a pointless argument - none of us know who they are (thankfully!). It seems to me those that tag Gill hyper-C or high-C are claiming that he would disagree with This promise ought to be announced and proclaimed universally and without discrimination to all peoples and to all men to whom God in His good pleasure sends the gospel, together with the command to repent and believe. If all that is preached is the gospel of the gospel sans the law of the gospel then I agree that Gill could not, would not, subscribe. |
The Canons speak of the gospel including "the command to repent and believe" but Gill would have to say that this means legal or historical repentance and faith. i.e. they are not to be commanded to repent and believe savingly.